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Iturbe, Antonio, 1967-

The librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit ekulin Thwaites. - First American edition. - 423 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story. Follows the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl from Prague who after being sent to Auschwitz is chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.

ISBN: 9781627796187 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2017007363

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kraus, Dita, 1929- --Juvenile fiction.
Kraus, Dita, 1929- --Fiction.
Kraus, Dita, 1929- --Fiction.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Concentration camps--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Jews--History--Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Holocaust.
JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries.
Concentration camps--Fiction.
Books and reading--fiction.
Jews--History--Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
Holocaust, 1939-1945--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945--Fiction.
Czechoslovakia--History--20th century--Fiction.
Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.1.I93 / Lib 2017

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic] FIC